Method for synchronizing contact information

• US 20070189501A1
• Filed: 01/17/2007
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Lai, Cheng-Shing, Zhang, Wei
• Application Number:
  US11/653,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20070189501A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/355.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading

Abstract

A method for synchronizing the contact information, which is applied in the synchronization between a wireless exchange device and a communication device. Both the wireless exchange devices and the communication devices have a synchronization software, respectively. The synchronization software allows the wireless exchange device and the communication device to be set as a transmitter or a receiver interchangeably, and it also allows a keyword searching, multiple entries, or the entire database of contact information to be sent from the transmitter to the receiver. In addition, the synchronization software also provides a verification process to ensure the contact information is only sent to the authorized device. Therefore, the receiver can obtain the contact information stored in a contact database of the transmitter, thus achieving the aim of updating the contact databases.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing contact information, which is applied in the synchronization between a wireless exchange device and a communication device, the method comprising:

said wireless exchange device connecting to said communication device;

setting said wireless exchange device or said communication device as a transmitter;

when said wireless exchange device is set as a transmitter, setting said communication device as a receiver, or when said communication device is set as a transmitter, setting said wireless exchange device as a receiver;

said receiver generating a request and sending it to said transmitter;

said transmitter receiving the request, and sending contact information recorded in a contact database of said transmitter to said receiver according to the request; and

said receiver receiving said contact information, and storing said contact information in a contact database of said receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is generated from a setting of a transmission configuration process provided in a synchronization software of said receiver.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of said receiver receiving said contact information further comprises the steps of:

determining whether said contact information is correct or not; and

when said contact information is correct, storing said contact information in said contact database of said receiver according to the setting of said transmission configuration process.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of said receiver receiving said contact information further comprises the steps of:

determining whether said contact information is correct or not;

when said contact information is not correct, displaying a reminder window on a display unit of said receiver according to a reminder process provided by the synchronization software of said receiver;

after confirming a re-synchronize option is not executed, determining whether a cancel option displayed on the reminder window is executed or not; and

when said cancel option is executed, deleting said received contact information.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein when said transmitter and said receiver are connected, further comprising the steps of:

determining whether a security code of said receiver matches a security code provided in said transmitter; and

when the two security codes match with each other, accepting said receiver as authorized.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a verification window on the display unit of said receiver;

inputting a security code into said verification window, and sending said security code to said transmitter for verifying said security code.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein when a keyword searching option set in the transmission configuration process of said receiver is executed, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a search window on the display unit of said receiver;

inputting a keyword into the search window;

searching the contact information that corresponds to the keyword in said transmitter;

selecting the contact information corresponding to the keyword; and

sending the selected contact information to said receiver.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein when an entire database transmission option set in the transmission configuration process of said receiver is executed, further comprises the steps of:

said receiver generating a request packet, and then sending the request packet to said transmitter; and

said transmitter sending entries of said contact information of said transmitter to said receiver.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, when a replace option of said transmission configuration process is executed, the contact information received by said receiver from said transmitter is used to replace the contact information recorded in the contact database of said receiver.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein, when a replace option of said transmission configuration process is executed, the contact information received by said receiver from said transmitter is used to replace the contact information recorded in the contact database of said receiver.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein when a replace option of said transmission configuration process is executed, the contact information received by said receiver from said transmitter is used to replace the contact information recorded in the contact database of said receiver.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of said receiver receives contact information from said transmitter further comprises the steps of:

said transmitter dividing said contact information into a plurality of packets;

said transmitter sending an undelivered packet to said receiver;

determining whether said transmitter receiving a confirmation packet sent from said receiver in a set period of time; and

if said transmitter receives the confirming packet, sending another undelivered packet to said receiver.

13. The method of claim 12, when said transmitter does not receive the confirmation packet sent from said receiver within the set period of time, further comprising the step of:

generating an error message.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

said receiver obtaining the packet from said transmitter;

said receiver verifying the accuracy of the packet; and

said receiver generating the confirmation packet and sending the confirmation packet to said transmitter after determining said packet is accurate.